Chinese Plant Will Produce DA40-TDI For Asian Market

The approval, based on the quality procedures in place at
Diamond's European manufacturing facility in Austria, was awarded
by EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) in cooperation with the
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and authorizes the
production of Diamond DA40-TDI aircraft, including complete
composite airframes.

The purpose-built 400,000 square feet Binzhou facility is
designed to produce up to 1,000 aircraft per year and will deliver
80 Garmin G1000-equipped DA40-TDIs in 2008, for the Asian market,
as it ramps up to full production.

"Our thanks goes to Diamond Aircraft and SBAAI employees, to the
departments for international affairs in Europe and in China, and
to the Chinese Air Traffic Control, Air Force and local
governments," said Gerard Seebacher, Deputy General Manager of
SBAAI. "With the outstanding cooperation of all, we have achieved
the production approval in just over a year since our grand opening
in December 2006."